Mary Howe has been played on NTS in shows including The Opera Show, featured first on 31 August 2024. Songs played include Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring ('Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude' From Cantata No 147, BWV147).

Mary Howe (April 4, 1882 – September 14, 1964) was an American composer and pianist.

She was born Mary Carlisle in Richmond, Virginia, at the home of her maternal grandparents. She would spend her entire life in the Washington, DC area. Her family was extremely wealthy; her father, Calderon Carlisle, was a very well known and successful lawyer. This privilege ensured her private piano lessons—a symbol of status for wealthy…